Fruit Patch

Fruit Patch, the Dinuba, US-based fresh producer supplier, has announced that it has reorganised its sales division with the appointment of three new sales executives, as well as a logistics specialist.

Industry veteran Tony Supino joined the gruop on 5 January having most recently been a sales executive at Wawona Packing Inc. for the past eight years.

Also joining the group is George Neves of Ito Packing, where he sold the group's diversified treefruit programme for 15 seasons.

A third sales executive will be joining Fruit Patch on 19 January, while Brian Haley, Mike Crookshanks and Tina Haga will all continue in their sales and marketing roles at at the group.

Jana FergusonMeanwhile, Jana (Hopper) Ferguson (pictured) is joining Fruit Patch as its logistics specialist. Ms Ferguson has worked at C.H. Robinson, The Oppenheimer Group, the International Ag Center and Fresh Sense.

'We are excited to have such high quality sales executives joining and remaining at Fruit Patch as we look toward the 2009 deciduous season,' said vice-president of sales and marketing Rick Eastes, who joined the company in December. 'We have a great team at Fruit Patch which has been a stalwart in the industry for years, and now we feel we are prepared to take the organisation to a higher level of product quality and service as demanded in today's challenging marketplace.'